TheCurvyJones

No Barium Swallow here. My thought is that her sleeve is too big. perhaps she had a large stomach to begin with and her surgeon did not make her sleeve small enough. So will an insurance company pay for a correction for something like that? At the very least, get all your paperwork and have your xrays and followup investigation SOMEWHERE ELSE. Get a second and third opinion and recommendations. In no way should a patient be gaining weight post surgery. In no way should a patient be able to consume as much as you can so early out. Something is wrong. Please ignore the bickering and keep us updated on what's going on.

Nope. Only once when I just...kept... eating....

Sounds like free revision surgery to me. Unfortunately I have heard of a person not losing much/gaining after having the sleeve and my suspicion is that the sleeve was not small enough. The amount of food this person could eat at 8 weeks post surgery would stuff me and I hadn't even had surgery yet.

I don't do gyms. I'd love to get a treadmill! Maybe in the Spring. In the summer I walk the neighborhood or a park. Right now I do Walk Away the Pounds. I have heard the Treadclimber is not worth the money.

Mine is up and down all the time. Last week was my first weekly weigh in where I was up, due to my monthly. I weigh everyday and record on Fridays and at 'anniversaries'. That way I see the trend and not stress about the daily number.

I love it!

I am just over one month out from VSG surgery and I really couldn't be happier! Jelly (my sleeve) and I get along famously. I treat her well and she helps me out. I have no issues with any foods at all so far. Everything goes down and stays down and I don't get sick from anything. I only had one incident of vomiting because I was mindlessly eating. Jelly let me know she didn't appreciate that and I've had to concentrate on measuring my portions and recognizing when I am DONE, not when I am FULL. I never want to leave the decision up to my sleeve as to when I am done eating. When I am done, I am DONE and I push the plate away. Like most people here I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. I don't remember ever being thin. My weight has been a huge source of sadness and depression for me-- I just didn't feel like I was worth being loved and my life was a waste. If I hadn't have had the surgery, I don't even know what my state of mind would be right now. I felt like it was hopeless--- lose 30lbs, see a pic of myself-- I'm still fat, WTF! Then lose NOTHING else despite working hard, get frustrated, give up, regain those 30 lbs AND THEN SOME. Pre surgery I went from 273 to 250. Since surgery I've dropped almost 20lbs and countless inches. I am down from a tight 22 to an 18 on the bottom and 14/16 on top. I haven't seen the numbers I see on the scale in YEARS. I haven't felt this good or this small or this attractive in years. Taking the step and pushing myself through the process was the best best BEST thing I could have ever done for myself. If you're on the verge, stick with the process. It's SO worth it. Life is better on the other side. I'm posting a couple of pics. The orange shirt was at my heaviest, the 270's. The green shirt was last Friday, my 4 week update! What a difference.

Toothpaste. Oh my holy GAWD. Every morning it's... it's just problems and issues. What unusual thing does your sleeve protest against???

I try not to swallow any, DUH... but I somehow always seem to swallow a little and OY. Dry heaving is so painful.

My mother was NOT happy. She was only "okay" about it when I said I was making my best friend go with me and to contact her from MX and let her know everything was fine. As well my surgeon was willing to call her and talk to her if it would help. I said, nah I don't want her to be rude to you! LOL. Everything turned out JUST fine and now she's impressed with him. She almost stole Dr Alvarez' book off my bedside table. Thankfully she had bypass in 2001 so she was okay with the surgery part. It was the Mexico part and the part where I didn't have $30K to pay for it here in the US where she had no other arguments. I wasn't going to be fat for another year.

I do NOT like unjury "unflavored" at all. *shiver* The chicken soup is good though. Don't get it too hot! I'm not a huge fan of Isopure...

A lot of my unhappiness and feelings of worthlessness centered around my weight and how I generally felt about myself. One of the things that comes with weight loss is more confidence through feeling accomplished. I feel like if I can just do this ONE THING, I will feel great. I am doing it, and I do. Looking forward to letting my light shine, to not be invisible, to sparkle.

I was not in any pain, just a little sore. My surgeon numbs from the inside and gave me some pain meds so I was feeling NIIIICE. Keep in mind I had surgery in Mexico so I flew from San Antonio (after a 2 hr drive from MX) to Houston to Atlanta. I slept that night, really well... and then Monday woke up bright and early at 7am. I had TONS of energy and was in no pain. I was not supposed to drive but did... I went to the grocery store, had the guy pack my bags light. Picked up my parents in town-they flew in to visit-- drove them to my house and had them unload for me. The rest of the week, I didn't even THINK about work. I chilled, relaxed with my parents, read, watched movies and TV. My mom wanted to shop so I took that opportunity to walk around the malls. Sat when I got tired. Was NOT hungry. Drank Water. Around Day 8 or 9 post surgery when that numbness started to wear off, I was really feeling my incisions-- just tender and sore. I was glad I hadn't gone to work. I had about 12 days off and when I did go back to work, I felt great until about 3 or 4 and then I felt a nap coming on! I made it home and laid down for a bit. Looking back I was pretty tired, but getting my energy back now that I can eat more! Easy peasy for me!

I don't know.... something about this just sounds awfully fishy. Hopefully she isn't BSing you when she says she can get you approved. No f'ing WAY would I gain weight to quality tho.

Just a note that binge eaters don't eat because we're hungry. Not being able to hold a lot of food and not being hungry for it has no bearing on whether or not we will shove food into our faces. In fact a glaring characteristic of binge eating disorder is that we eat whether we're hungry or not, not to feed the body but to assuage feelings, emotions, stressful stimuli. It's a psychological issue... something we must combat in our heads and develop coping behaviors to help ourselves avoid it.

From what my doctor has said about sleeve stretching, it would take consistent over eating over a period of time to the point of pain, to stretch out your sleeve. We do not have stretchy pouches like RNY Bypass patients. What CAN happen is that your sleeve starts to feel 'less different' so you don't feel restriction so much. You will gain weight if you continue down this path on a consistent basis. I agree with trying to figure out what you ate - a binge is a binge, no matter how much you ate-- but also defining some coping mechanisms to keep you from 'going there' when you feel stress. Eating 'around' a craving can be just as frustrating and unfulfilling as not having what you want. Some things that worked for me was bartering with myself. Okay I want a cookie. Will I still want that cookie at 5pm? How about 8pm. At 8pm I can have a cookie if I still want it. Or if I do X thing and wait X amount of time and then evaluate if I still want it. Sometimes I do. Most times I forget. I also agree with out of sight, out of mind. I can't keep stuff in my house because I will eat it. All of it. Mostly in one sitting. Because, for reasons. I feel you... but you and your sleeve have to work together to figure out how to move forward. There's a great thread around here about being a Binge Eater and a Sleever, I will dig it up. Here is the thread on Binge Eating.

I was once on a weight loss forum where you could always tell when a cute new guy had joined cause all the avi's changed to gorgeous head shots. LOL.

Happy happy!

Are you looking for followup care from them? I wouldn't change a thing about where you're having surgery. It seems like mostly they'll be miffed that you didn't spend your cash with them so they won't provide any care for you. If you're looking for post surgery care, you might fare better asking for recommends from a WLS friendly clinic or surgeon. IMO bariatric centers are in business to make money off of us...not in providing services for people who didn't choose to have an expensive procedure there. Just my take.

I love it!!!

Practicing my positive attitude! HW: 273 SW: 250 LW: 233.6 CW: 233.8 (+.2 My cycle cometh) Challenge goal 227 Lbs go to goal 6.8

Aw I love Mama! :wub: Thank You SleeveEvangelist! Gotta pay it forward and pass it on!

Practicing my positive attitude! Week 5 Update HW: 273 SW: 250 LW: 232.8 CW: 233.8 (+1) Up one this week due to f**k ass trick ass mark ass Moms Nature. She should be showing up sometime this next week, taking this pound and some others with her so yes. NSV’s— all my buttons button. HUZZAH! I am getting lots of compliments at work because the loss is obvious now. They say they see it in my face and my thinning profile. Yay, that’s nice to hear. I’ve walked 7 of the 10 mile goal I set on the 15th. I plan to overshoot that so I should be close to 20 miles in January. FUN! I think I am going to push myself to walk two miles a day… the ONE mile thing doesn't even get me breathing hard unless I kind of jog it.

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